Centre advocates adoption of green productivity
THERE is an urgent need for Nigeria to adopt a green productivity approach to boost the production sector of the economy, the Director- General of the National Productivity Centre, Dr. Kashim Akor, has said.
Presenting a paper titled ‘ Post- COVID- 19 Nigerian Economy: The Productivity Imperatives’ at the inauguration of the National Labour Advisory Council ( NLAC) in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Akor explained that coronavirus had inflicted monumental economic and social challenges on the world, and requires innovativeness and craftiness of economic managers to avert economic implosion of countries.
The NPC helmsman said a green productivity approach is an idea that is suitable for economic growth and sustainable development for Nigeria given the desire to grow her non- oil sector as a matter of necessity.
Green Productivity was launched in 1994 in line with the 1992 Earth Summit recommendations that both economic development and environmental protection would be key strategies for sustainable development. Green Productivity is a new paradigm in sustainable manufacturing where resource conservation and waste minimization constitute the strategy in simultaneously enhancing environmental performance and productivity.
His explanation: “The knowledge and practice of green productivity are therefore very crucial to the diversification drive of the Nigerian government. The basic characteristics of green productivity include environmental compliance by the production system, application of environmentfriendly production management system, use of total quality management and continuous improvement techniques as well.”